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glassjaw
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by glassjaw » Fri Apr 26, 2024 10:44 pm
First, thank you for this amazing product. I've found it long time ago when Microsoft introduced search which sucked, and still sucks. I am still using this software, and it is one of the first that I download when install any Windows!
My question is, can I exclude files from results that start with "~$" (without quotes)? Those are some hidden duplicated MS Office files that I don't want to see in the results. But I don't want to omit ALL hidden files and folders...
Thanks!
NotNull
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by NotNull » Fri Apr 26, 2024 11:03 pm
Yes:
- Go to Menu => Tools => Options => Indexes =>
Exclude
- In the
Exclude files field, type
~$*
- Press the OK button
- Wait until Everything finishes excluding these files
- Done.
glassjaw
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by glassjaw » Sat Apr 27, 2024 8:01 am
Thank you, it worked. But using that same logic, I want to exclude files starting with "$", and it does not work:
void
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by void » Sat Apr 27, 2024 8:03 am
Everything uses semicolon (;) delimited lists.
Please try changing your Excludes files to:
*.lnk;~$*;$*
glassjaw
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by glassjaw » Sun Apr 28, 2024 10:54 am
Unfortunately it still does not work with adding
$ , but
~$ is fine. Indexes rebuilt.
void
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by void » Sun Apr 28, 2024 11:09 am
Add the same filter to your exclude folders:
In Everything , from the Tools menu, click Options .
Click the Exlucde tab on the left.
To the right of the exclude folders list , click Add Filter... .
Set the filter to the following and click OK :
$*
Click OK .
glassjaw
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by glassjaw » Sun Apr 28, 2024 11:26 am
Folders, yes!
Thank you!